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Arts and Humanities

Total questions: 102

Worksheet time: 51mins

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1.

Backdrops and book or Broadway flats are examples of which theatrical element?

a)

Scenery

b)

Lighting

c)

Costume

d)

Sound

2.

Which one of the following movements is non-locomotor?

a)

hop

b)

slide

c)

twist

d)

leap

3.

Which dynamic marking below is the loudest?

a)

pianissimo

b)

fortissimo

c)

piano

d)

forte

4.

Which of the following is a form of sculpture in which the figures are only slightly raised from the background?

a)

trompe l'œil

b)

trompe l'œil

c)

bas-relief

d)

chiaroscuro

5.

Rembrandt was 25 when a guild of Amsterdam surgeons commissioned him to paint which work below?

a)

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

b)

Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer

c)

The Night Watch

d)

The Blinding of Samson

6.

Which of the following Northern Renaissance artists completed three “master engravings,” including Knight, Death, and the Devil?

a)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

b)

Jan van Eyck

c)

Hans Holbein the Younger

d)

Albrecht Dürer

7.

During his career, van Gogh set four of his paintings at them—two in Paris and two in Arles. He painted a nighttime terrace scene of which institution below?

a)

Café

b)

Library

c)

Museum

d)

Church

8.

Around 1907, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso co-founded which of the following art movements, which eventually broke into Synthetic and Analytical periods?

a)

Dada

b)

Surrealism

c)

Cubism

d)

Abstract Expressionism

9.

Which artist below gave geographical names to many of his paintings, including Room in Brooklyn, Cape Cod Morning, and New York Movie?

a)

Jackson Pollock

b)

Grant Wood

c)

Edward Hopper

d)

Andrew Wyeth

10.

Look at the image. Which of the following freedoms is depicted in the image?

a)

Freedom of Worship

b)

Freedom from Fear

c)

Freedom of Speech

d)

Freedom from Want

11.

Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt were leading female artists in which art movement?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Pointillism

c)

Fauvism

d)

Impressionism

12.

Frank Gehry designed three of the following museums. Which one was an I. M. Pei creation?

a)

Guggenheim Bilbao

b)

Museum of Pop Culture

c)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

d)

Vitra Design Museum

13.

Below are four Italian architects. Which one wrote the Four Books on Architecture and designed several UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Vicenza?

a)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

b)

Andrea Palladio

c)

Filippo Brunelleschi

d)

Donato Bramante

14.

Which one of the following architectural features is NOT, by definition, circular?

a)

agora

b)

rose window

c)

rotunda

d)

oculus

15.

He was a leader of the English Baroque architectural movement. Which man below designed more than 50 buildings following the Great Fire of London, including a monument to that tragedy?

a)

Norman Foster

b)

Richard Rogers

c)

Inigo Jones

d)

Christopher Wren

16.

The Lilac, Silver, Gold, and Sugar Plum Fairies all appear in ballets by which of the following composers?

a)

Sergei Prokofiev

b)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

c)

Felix Mendelssohn

d)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

17.

Handel wrote Water Music to fulfill King George the First's request for a concert on which river below?

a)

Thames

b)

Danube

c)

Seine

d)

Volga

18.

Which one of the following compositions did Frédéric Chopin write?

a)

Dido and Aeneas

b)

Polonaise in A-flat Major

c)

Hungarian Rhapsody

d)

Peer Gynt

19.

Leonard Bernstein composed the music for which musical below?

a)

West Side Story

b)

Sunday in the Park with George

c)

Wicked

d)

Showboat

20.

“Begin the Beguine,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and “Night and Day” are songs by which of the following composers, who also wrote the music and lyrics to Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate?

a)

Benny Goodman

b)

Glenn Miller

c)

Henry Mancini

d)

Cole Porter

21.

Which choice below gives the title of a John Philip Sousa march?

a)

A. “The Star-Spangled Banner”

b)

B. “God Bless America”

c)

C. “The Stars and Stripes Forever”

d)

D. “You’re a Grand Old Flag”

22.

Which of the following instruments has the greatest number of strings?

a)

sitar

b)

ukulele

c)

banjo

23.

Which woodwind below does NOT require one or more reeds?

a)

oboe

b)

flute

c)

clarinet

d)

bassoon

24.

Which of the following instruments does a musician traditionally play two at a time?

a)

glockenspiel

b)

marimba

c)

guiro

d)

maraca

25.

Below are four instrument classifications. In which one does the instrument produce sound when its body vibrates, as in the xylophone or thumb piano?

a)

idiophone

b)

chordophone

c)

membranophone

d)

aerophone

26.

Its beginning overlapped with the Rococo Era. Which musical period lasted from approximately 1750 to 1820?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Baroque

c)

Classical

d)

Romantic

27.

Scat singing is most closely associated with which of the following genres?

a)

Southern gospel

b)

flamenco

c)

jazz

28.

The fastest type of waltz is named for which of the following European cities?

a)

Berlin

b)

Vienna

c)

Prague

d)

Warsaw

29.

Jerome Robbins earned a Tony Award for choreographing which of the following musicals?

a)

Fiddler on the Roof

b)

Chicago

c)

Sweet Charity

d)

Cabaret

30.

He was also a director and choreographer. Which man below starred in the movie musicals An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain?

a)

Fred Astaire

b)

Gregory Hines

c)

Gene Kelly

31.

The musical whose songs include “My Blanket and Me” and “The Red Baron” is based on which of the following comic strips?

a)

Dennis the Menace

b)

Calvin and Hobbes

c)

Garfield

d)

Peanuts

32.

Andrew Lloyd Webber composed three of the musicals below. Which one did Stephen Sondheim write?

a)

The Phantom of the Opera

b)

Into the Woods

c)

Evita

d)

Cats

33.

Which of the following characters is an antagonist of Matilda the Musical?

a)

Miss Trunchbull

b)

Jud Fry

c)

Regina George

34.

Below are four songs from Disney stage musicals. Which one can be heard in Aladdin?

a)

A. “A Whole New World”

b)

B. “Let It Go”

c)

C. “Be Our Guest”

d)

D. “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King”

35.

Which of the following is a Jewish holiday?

a)

Shavuot

b)

Shinto

c)

Sunni

36.

Which religious work below did Joseph Smith claim to have translated from golden plates the angel Moroni gave him?

a)

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

b)

Dianetics

c)

The Book of Mormon

d)

The Watchtower

37.

It breaks the cycle of samsara, or reincarnation. Which of the following choices names the cessation of

suffering that is the supreme goal of Buddhist meditation?

a)

ramadan

b)

sutra

c)

halal

d)

nirvana

38.

Three of the following deities are Greek. Which one is Roman?

a)

Hermes

b)

Mars

c)

Hera

d)

Poseidon

39.

Which landform below derives its name from the Roman god who was married to Venus?

a)

canyon

b)

ocean

c)

jungle

d)

volcano

40.

He was the son of Zeus and Alcmene. Which of the following mythological heroes completed twelve

labors?

a)

Heracles

b)

Theseus

c)

Jason

d)

Perseus

41.

In 2021, it won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Picture and Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

Which movie below tells the story of a music teacher who dreams of becoming a jazz musician?

a)

Soul

b)

Wolfwalkers

c)

Over the Moon

d)

Onward

42.

She collaborated with Lady Gaga on “Rain On Me” and Justin Bieber on “Stuck with U.” Which of the

following singers joined The Voice as a coach in 2021?

a)

Demi Lovato

b)

Olivia Rodrigo

c)

Cardi B

d)

Ariana Grande

43.

Match each Olympic athlete with his or her sport.

x. Caeleb Dressel 1. swimming

y. Naomi Osaka 2. skateboarding

z. Sky Brown 3. tennis

a)

x-3, y-2, z-1

b)

x-2, y-1, z-3

c)

x-1, y-3, z-2

d)

x-1, y-2, z-3

44.

Which of the following composers wrote of Mimi, who is dying of tuberculosis, in the opera La Bohème?

a)

Giacomo Puccini

b)

Maurice Ravel

c)

Hector Berlioz

d)

Giuseppe Verdi

45.

Some followers of which religion below worship the elephant-headed god Ganesh and the half-man,

half-monkey Hanuman?

a)

Daoism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Baha’i

46.

He carried his father on his back to escape Troy. Which choice below names the hero of an epic by the

Roman poet Virgil?

a)

Paris

b)

Aeneas

c)

Odysseus

d)

Achilles

47.

At one time, how many dancers traditionally perform the Russian troika?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

48.

In the painting seen here, Claude Monet depicted a winter scene populated by what species of bird?

a)

magpie

b)

starling

c)

crow

d)

raven

49.

In one of his “Black Paintings,” Francisco de Goya showed which of the following deities devouring his

son?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Mercury

d)

Saturn

50.

Which musical below is set in a Scottish village that appears for one day a century?

a)

Camelot

b)

Carousel

c)

Brigadoon

d)

Big River

51.

Which of the following choices is NOT part of an entablature?

a)

cantilever

b)

architrave

c)

frieze

d)

cornice

52.

A short instrumental work designed to help a musician practice his or her skills is called which of the

following?

a)

madrigal

b)

étude

c)

motet

d)

toccata

53.

Match each actor or actress with his or her TV show.

x. Jace Norman 1. Young Sheldon

y. Paris Berelc 2. Alexa & Katie

z. Iain Armitage 3. Henry Danger

a)

x-2, y-3, z-1

b)

x-1, y-3, z-2

c)

x-2, y-1, z-3

d)

x-3, y-2, z-1

54.

Artists mix gypsum or plaster of Paris with glue to create a substance that serves as a ground for painting. Which of the following choices names that substance?

a)

gesso

b)

sepia

c)

bisque

d)

slip

55.

Which choice below names the musical symbol that resembles a “less than” sign in math?

a)

allegro

b)

crescendo

c)

cadenza

d)

adagio

56.

Which of the following dance elements is concerned with force and weight?

a)

action

b)

energy

c)

time

d)

space

57.

What kind of stage is pictured here?

a)

traverse

b)

thrust

c)

arena

d)

proscenium

58.

Which of the following works did Diego Velázquez paint?

a)

Young Hare

b)

Portrait of Dr. Gachet

c)

Portrait of Innocent X

d)

Belshazzar’s Feast

59.

Michelangelo included a self-portrait in St. Bartholomew’s flayed skin in which one of his artworks, which covers the Sistine Chapel’s altar wall?

a)

Pietà

b)

The Creation of Adam

c)

Madonna of Bruges

d)

The Last Judgment

60.

For his final three decades, which one of the Impressionists below painted many scenes in his garden at Giverny?

a)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

b)

Edgar Degas

c)

Camille Pissarro

d)

Claude Monet

61.

Grant Wood used his native state as the setting for many of his paintings, including American Gothic. Which of the following Midwestern states was it?

a)

Kansas

b)

South Dakota

c)

Iowa

d)

Nebraska

62.

Match each artist with his or her work.

x. Mary Cassatt 1. Early Sunday Morning

y. Edward Hopper 2. Saying Grace

z. Norman Rockwell 3. The Child’s Bath

a)

x-2, y-1, z-3

b)

x-3, y-2, z-1

c)

x-1, y-2, z-3

d)

x-3, y-1, z-2

63.

In architecture, it helped give rise to the International Style. Which of the following art movements,

sometimes called Neoplasticism, did Piet Mondrian co-found?

a)

De Stijl

b)

Der Blaue Reiter

c)

Die Brücke

d)

Dada

64.

Beginning in 1789, Francisco de Goya served as court painter to which of the following rulers?

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Charles IV

d)

Ivan the Terrible

65.

Which one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings did he construct as a winter retreat in Scottsdale, Arizona?

a)

Fallingwater

b)

Taliesin West

c)

Imperial Hotel

d)

Taliesin

66.

Which of the following facts about the Colosseum is FALSE?

a)

Fire destroyed it in the 17th century.

b)

It sat east of the forum in Rome.

c)

Its construction began under Emperor Vespasian.

d)

It was also called the Flavian Amphitheater.

67.

Filippo Brunelleschi designed the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in which Italian city below?

a)

Rome

b)

Venice

c)

Florence

d)

Milan

68.

The column seen here is an example of the simplest Roman architectural order. What was that order’s name?

a)

Composite

b)

Corinthian

c)

Doric

d)

Tuscan

69.

Below are four Richard Wagner operas. Which one is the fourth and final installment of his Ring of the Nibelungen series?

a)

Lohengrin

b)

Twilight of the Gods

c)

The Flying Dutchman

d)

Tristan and Isolde

70.

“Play of the Waves” is the second movement of which Debussy composition below, subtitled Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra?

a)

Pelléas et Mélisande

b)

The Prodigal Son

c)

Children’s Corner

d)

La Mer

71.

Which of the following composers wrote the 1812 Overture to celebrate Russian troops’ defeat of Napoleon’s army?

a)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

b)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

c)

Igor Stravinsky

d)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

72.

x. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1. Minute Waltz

y. Ludwig van Beethoven 2. Pathétique Sonata

z. Frédéric Chopin 3. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

a)

x-1, y-3, z-2

b)

x-3, y-2, z-1

c)

x-2, y-3, z-1

d)

x-1, y-2, z-3

73.

Congress gave him a medal for composing the World War One anthem “Over There.” Which man below, the “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” also wrote “Give My Regards to Broadway”?

a)

Jerome Kern

b)

Harold Arlen

c)

Irving Berlin

d)

George M. Cohan

74.

Which one of the following songs did Duke Ellington co-compose?

a)

“Moonlight Serenade”

b)

“Begin the Beguine”

c)

“Mood Indigo”

d)

“The Entertainer”

75.

Below are four movie composers. Which one wrote the scores for E.T., the Indiana Jones franchise, and Star Wars?

a)

Danny Elfman

b)

Hans Zimmer

c)

Thomas Newman

d)

John Williams

76.

Which of the following choices names a George Gershwin composition for orchestra with a piano solo?

a)

Rhapsody in Blue

b)

Fanfare for the Common Man

c)

Rodeo

d)

Grand Canyon Suite

77.

Reed and electric are two types of which instrument, whose most famous versions force compressed air through sets of pipes?

a)

trombone

b)

recorder

c)

organ

d)

accordion

78.

Three of the instruments below are brass. Which one is percussion?

a)

bugle

b)

steel pan

c)

sousaphone

d)

cornet

79.

Which of the following instruments is a globular flute whose shape has been compared to an egg, a sweet potato, and a goose?

a)

anvil

b)

castanet

c)

ocarina

d)

fife

80.

Seen here is a pear-shaped string instrument popular during the Renaissance. What is its name?

a)

lute

b)

dulcimer

c)

fiddle

d)

balalaika

81.

Its composers included Johann Pachelbel and Claudio Monteverdi. Basso continuo accompaniment, counterpoint, and excessive ornamentation were all characteristics of which period below?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Baroque

c)

Classical

d)

Romantic

82.

Match each composition with its type.

x. Appassionata by Ludwig van Beethoven 1. sonata

y. The Pirates of Penzance by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan 2. operetta

z. The Washington Post by John Philip Sousa 3. march

a)

x-3, y-2, z-1

b)

x-1, y-3, z-2

c)

x-1, y-2, z-3

d)

x-3, y-1, z-2

83.

Which song below is an example of a spiritual?

a)

“Waltzing Matilda”

b)

“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”

c)

“America the Beautiful”

d)

“Hush, Little Baby”

84.

Which of the following choices names a Polish folk dance performed in triple time?

a)

mazurka

b)

tarantella

c)

minuet

d)

bolero

85.

Which choice below gives the title of Anna Pavlova’s most famous dance solo?

a)

“Incense”

b)

“Tank Dive”

c)

“The Legend of the Peacock”

d)

“The Dying Swan”

86.

It resembles the samba, which also originated in Brazil. Which of the following dances uses an 8-beat pattern for forward and backward steps with taps and steps together?

a)

tango

b)

merengue

c)

salsa

d)

bossa nova

87.

He defected to the West when the Kirov Ballet performed in Paris in 1961. Which man below spent many years as the dance partner of Margot Fonteyn?

a)

George Balanchine

b)

Rudolf Nureyev

c)

Vaslav Nijinsky

d)

Mikhail Baryshnikov

88.

Which one of the following characters is the protagonist of both the novel and musical Les Misérables?

a)

Jean Valjean

b)

Emile de Becque

c)

Molly Aster

d)

Christine Daaé

89.

Rodgers and Hammerstein collaborated on three of the musicals below. Which one was a Lerner and Loewe work?

a)

The Sound of Music

b)

Flower Drum Song

c)

My Fair Lady

d)

Oklahoma!

90.

Which of the following songs do Fagin and the gang sing in Oliver!?

a)

“Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)”

b)

“You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two”

c)

“Haven’t Got a Prayer”

d)

“Alone in the Universe”

91.

Ariana Grande made her Broadway debut as Charlotte in which musical below, written by Jason Robert Brown?

a)

Dear Evan Hansen

b)

The SpongeBob Musical

c)

13

d)

Be More Chill

92.

Match each Catholic saint with his description.

x. St. Ignatius of Loyola 1. wrote Summa Theologica

y. St. Augustine 2. founded the Jesuits

z. St. Thomas Aquinas 3. bishop of Hippo

a)

x-2, y-3, z-1

b)

x-3, y-1, z-2

c)

x-2, y-1, z-3

d)

x-3, y-2, z-1

93.

Which of the following cities does NOT contain one of Islam’s most sacred sites?

a)

New Delhi

b)

Medina

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Mecca

94.

Persian king Darius worshiped him. Which deity below is the supreme god of Zoroastrianism?

a)

Krishna

b)

Rama

c)

Vishnu

d)

Ahura Mazda

95.

Which of the following holiday periods NEVER falls in December?

a)

Advent

b)

Holi

c)

Hanukkah

d)

Kwanzaa

96.

Various legends say he was killed by a scorpion, Apollo, or Artemis. Which mythological man below was a handsome hunter who, after his death, was placed among the stars?

a)

Midas

b)

Hector

c)

Orion

d)

Adonis

97.

Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia were beautiful fertility goddesses who together were known by which of the following names?

a)

Graces

b)

Fates

c)

Muses

d)

Gorgons

98.

In the artwork seen here, Athena transforms what mythological woman following a weaving contest?

a)

Andromeda

b)

Ariadne

c)

Atalanta

d)

Arachne

99.

He was the brother of Phantasus and Phobetor. In Greco-Roman mythology, which of the following gods sent human shapes to dreamers?

a)

Pollux

b)

Castor

c)

Morpheus

d)

Thanatos

100.

The album she recorded with Tony Bennett, Love for Sale, was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards. Which singer below has won Grammys for such songs as “Rain On Me” and “Shallow”?

a)

Lana del Rey

b)

Lady Gaga

c)

Halsey

d)

Lorde

101.

It merged with musical.ly, an app for making lip syncing videos, in 2018. According to Cloudflare, whichsite below surpassed Google to become 2021’s most popular website?

a)

Twitter

b)

Instagram

c)

Facebook

d)

TikTok

102.

Match each team with its sport.

x. Chicago Blackhawks 1. baseball

y. Atlanta Braves 2. hockey

z. Los Angeles Lakers 3. basketball

a)

x-1, y-2, z-3

b)

x-3, y-1, z-2

c)

x-2, y-1, z-3

d)

x-1, y-3, z-2